Master of Arts

The talents of Maya Lin in the field of visual arts and the built environment know no boundaries. Early on in her career, she was already able to break down the stereotypes of how architectural public spaces should be. To date, Maya Lin continues to explore different aspects of visual representation through design, architecture, sculpture, crafts and design philosophy. Maya Lin was born on October 5, 1959, in Athens, Ohio to Chinese migrant parents. Artistry, creative and deep thinking runs in…

Art during the 1800s represented reality and detail. Artists were concerned with the fine finishing and details of the subjects they painted. Salons had conservative juries who screened and approved artwork that could be displayed for the public. In Paris, artists like Édouard Manet and Claude Monet would begin to challenge the status quo of art during the1860s and 1870s. They influenced art in a movement that would be called impressionism. Impressionist wanted to capture the changes in…

The internet is full of a wide variety of digital interactive art and the artwork that stood out the most was Andy Deck, Glyphti (2001-2006). Glyphiti is an image composed of many smaller glyphs that an artist from any part of the world can manipulate. The base of the website seems to be fairly easy and the instructions was self-explanatory. However, there are some co-determined factors that the creator has limited for the artist. These limitations are what make glyphti so original and is able…

transcripts on file (Syracuse U, SCSU and Univ. of New Hampshire), FIA206, Arts and Ideas II was accepted for three semester hours of credit in art. A full 12 semester hours of credit in art were not identifiable. Please submit course descriptions for the course(s) that you feel may be considered for art course work.” While is it accurate to conclude that my only “formal” credits in fine arts were earned in FIA206, Arts and Ideas II, Connecticut General Statutes relating to educational…

professor of fine arts at the time. Pablo Picasso was taught fine arts by his father for a year before he proceeded to an Art Academy for another year. He later moved to Paris in 1901 as a preferred destination to practice and learn new styles and art forms. During his stay in Paris he started to work on cubism and surrealism; he was the founder of these art styles. He perfected the art styles and began creating plenty of distinct pieces that were as a result of the influence of his art forms…

1891 to seek more training. Académie Julian and the École des Beaux-Arts were famous art schools that “taught according to the academic method.” Matisse was taught by all the well known famous artists from these schools. These kinds of schools worked a lot with live models and practicing works of “Old Masters”, for Matisse those would be the works of Vincent van Gogh and Paul Cézanne as he was already introduced to their forms of art in Paris. While in Paris in the mid 1890s Matisse began to…

It wasn’t until my second year of college that I was truly moved by a work of art: Gustav Klimt’s Medicine. I was moved to tears, just by looking at this piece of art—I felt my world change. Up until this point, I woefully pushed myself towards the world of science to appease my strict Indian family. In accordance with my parent’s wishes, I spent my first two years of college as a Biology major, galled by the many chemical equations. However, I strayed further away from my parents’ wishes with…

not much is known about the short life of Giorgione, and few attributable pieces of his artwork remain, his life was still important enough to be written of by Vasari, and the mystery behind his surviving work has long been an intriguing subject for art historians. Vasari chronicled multiple pieces of Giorgione’s life, including what probably had a large influence of Giorgione’s work—a meeting with Leonardo da Vinci during the Tuscan master’s visit to Venice in 1500 . Vasari also attributed…

He continued his education to Yale and studied for a Master of Fine Arts at the Art and Architecture School there. Yale helped change his focus to photorealism. In the late 1960’s Close’s photo realism were ingrained in New York city. In 1969 one of his most known art pieces was shown, this was his portrait of composer Philip Glass. By the time the 1970’s rolled around his artwork could be found in some of the…

Edgar Degas was intrigued by the human figure, and in his many images of ordinary women, he strove to capture the body in unusual and interesting positions.Degas was the only Impressionist to truly bridge the gap between traditional academic art and the radical movements of the early 20th century. He was a restless innovator who often set the pace for his younger colleagues. Acknowledged as one of the finest draftsmen of his age, Degas experimented with a wide variety of media, including oil,…